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FORT WRIGHT — In 2012, TheChrist Hospital Network openeda new medical facility in a va-cant shopping center. Now, it isexpanding services and nearbybuildings are brimming with vi-brant businesses.

In the same building wherethey used to shop for clothes andhome furnishings, patients havevisited The Christ Hospital Out-patient Center at 1955 DixieHighway for medical servicesincluding cardiovascular care,diabetes and endocrinologytreatment, primary care, ortho-pedics and sports medicine,wound care, laboratory ser-vices, gynecology and urogyno-cology, and diagnostic imaging.

With the addition of a Philipswide-bore magnetic resonanceimaging device and computedtomography equipment, the cen-ter can now perform MRI andCT services in addition to X-ray,mammography and general ul-trasound.

“Our purpose has been tobring services to the patients onthis side of the river, to be closerto the areas where they workand live,” said Vic DiPilla, chiefbusiness development officerwith The Christ Hospital HealthNetwork. “They can still come tothe hospital for surgery and oth-er visits, but we’ve been very im-pressed with the numbers com-ing to the Fort Wright center. Pa-

tients like choices.”DiPilla said the hospital cen-

ter is in the process of addingspace for oncology services andoccupational health as well asmore orthopedic and primarycare services.

“Construction is underwayand should be done in the firstquarter of the new year,” he said.“Adding these services bringsmore medical jobs, but alsomore construction jobs andmore tax dollars for the commu-nity. We’re very happy with the

welcome we received.”DiPilla said boosting busi-

ness in that area has been goodfor the hospital as well as thecity of Fort Wright.

“We were able to take a spacethat was underutilized and re-purpose it to create a viable busi-ness in that part of the communi-ty,” he said. “We’re excited aboutbeing in the community andthrilled with the opportunities ofrevitalizing that area. We’re gladto be able to provide services forour patients in that part of the re-

gion.”Fort Wright Mayor Joe Nie-

naber said Dixie Highway hadbeen overlooked for redevelop-ment for several years.

“When I first started as may-or, we were focused on 3L high-way as the center of Fort Wright,but Dixie Highway is the centerof our city. It divides the cityright down the middle, and itneeded a facelift,” he said. “I’mpretty thrilled with what ChristHospital has done.”

Nienaber said the medical

jobs provided by the hospitalcenter “put a low impact on com-munity services, like police andfire protection, and they’re high-er paying jobs, which signifi-cantly contributes to our payrolltaxes.”

Nienaber said the adjacentPorter Paint store was therewhen the plaza was a retail shop-ping center, but Mortenson Fam-ily Dental is a recent tenant. Justnorth of the hospital center, theRodeway Inn has gotten a face-lift, and the building vacated byShimmers nightclub is also un-dergoing a complete overhaul.

“Christ Hospital started it,”he said. “It was not looking good,but Christ Hospital came in andrevitalized that center. It’s allgood for Fort Wright, and wehave fewer code enforcementviolations and fewer criminal in-cidents in that area.”

Atlas Home Fitness, ownedby Joe Lawrie, will find a newhome in the former Shimmersbuilding at 1939 Dixie Highway,between the Christ HospitalCenter and the Rodeway Inn.

Lawrie has operated 123 Well-ness Inc. on River Road in He-bron since 1997, and is hoping toreach more retail customers inthe newly renovated 18,000-square-feet building.

“This location is much moreconducive to bringing in cli-ents,” said Lawrie. “It’s centralto everywhere and could not bemore convenient.”

Lawrie, who’s planning anopen house on Jan. 15, expectsrenovations to be complete foroperations to begin in the build-ing before the end of 2014.

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COVINGTON — Things arechanging in Kenton County’sgovernment.

As the county’s governmentofficials were sworn in Friday atCovington Latin School, Ken-ton’s new leader, Judge-execu-tive Kris Knochelmann, an-nounced a reorganization of thecounty administration.

County Administrator JoeShriver, who has served in thatposition four years and 17 yearsfor the county, became the newdeputy judge-executive.

“Every department head willreport to Joe,” said Knochel-mann.

Shriver said Boone CountyAdministrator Jeff Earlywineand Campbell County Adminis-trator Robert Horine haveserved dual roles for severalyears, and he’s excited to jumpinto the new role.

“Kris is energetic and excitedto get things going,” said Shri-ver. “There are a lot of initiativeshe’s going to want to tackle in thenext few months, and we’ve gotthe staff together to really makeit all fall into place.”

Knochelmann said Scott Gun-ning, who has served as Parksand Recreation director, will be-come the assistant county ad-ministrator and will oversee

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Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller swears in Judge-executive Kris Knochelmann, Commissioners BethSewell, John Draud and Joe Nienaber Jr., and Deputy Judge-executive Joe Shriver. Sewell has her hand on a Bibleheld by her daughter, Gabrielle.

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PARK HILLS — Emailhas helped solve some ofPark Hills’ most recentcrimes.

Detective Sgt. RichardWebster set up an emailgroup this summer, allow-ing him to contact a largenumber of residents in ashort amount of time. Hesaid he started the groupin order to let them knowabout snow emergencies,but it also works to in-stantly alert hundreds ofcity residents about possi-ble crimes in their neigh-

borhood. On

Tuesday,Dec. 30,residentscalled thedispatchnumber,859-356-

3191, because they heardsome strange activity in aneighbor’s house.

“The resident calledpolice and with the help ofthe resident updating dis-patch, two juveniles werelocated inside the resi-dence that they broke intoand detained,” wrote Web-ster. “This proves to me

the email system of noti-fying is working. Becauseof the prior emails, theresident knew to contactus right away.”

The detective said hebelieves the arrests arerelated to other recentburglaries, but he can’tsay much more becauseit’s an open case involvingjuveniles.

“The main thing is thatthe people in Park Hillsthink they’re bothering uswhen they call, and theydon’t want to bother us,”said Webster. “We reallyneed them to call the dis-patch number, and not the

department, becausewe’re not always there.”

Webster said the emailblast is set up in a way thatit’s remotely accessible,whether he’s in his car orthe department office orelsewhere.

He also said he’s in con-stant contact with offi-cers in Covington, FortWright and Fort Mitchell,because they’re dealingwith a lot of the same situ-ations.

“They’re not that faraway,” said Webster. “Wetalk about the samethings. What’s going on inthe cities next door can

also affect us.”Park Hills Police Chief

Cody Stanley said hethinks the email notifica-tions are working outgreat.

“It’s been helpful,” saidStanley. “It really worked,because someone calledus and said there wassomething going on, so wecaught them inside thehouse.”

Webster said he’d an-swer as many calls as nec-essary to get the job done.

“I’d rather go to 50false reports than to missone real report,” he said.“We go to lots of house

checks. We do lots of pa-trolling, but if peoplecalled us when they sawsomething happening, themajority of crime wouldgo away, because wecould find the peoplewhen they’re in the act.”

He said he’s going tokeep reinforcing to resi-dents that they need tocall.

“For real, they’re notbothering us when theycall. I’ll keep saying it,” hesaid. “We have to work to-gether to do this.”

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Webster

His business has mostlyfocused on supplying

equipment to fitness clubs,community organizationsand recreational centers,but he has also refurbishedand resold equipment thatwas traded in.

“If you like the ma-

chines you get on at theYMCA or LA Fitness, youcan buy them here, used,for 25 cents on the dollar,”Lawrie said. “It’s a full lineof commercial equipmentthat gives you a better ex-

ercise experience.”A dark, enclosed area

that once held a bar andrestaurant with blockedstained glass windows hasbeen opened up with clearglass and fewer walls for a4,000-square-foot show-room, where clients canfind cardio and strengthequipment.

A central display areawill be covered with a por-tion of the nightclub’sdance floor, where Lawrieand his in-laws celebratedtheir weddings in 1997 and1973, respectively.

Having shared his his-tory in the building, Law-rie also would like to hearthe stories and see the pho-tos that document thebuilding’s past.

High-tops, tables,chairs and other relics willbe sold over time, Lawriesaid.

“It’s going to be great tobe here in such a busy partof Fort Wright,” said Law-rie. “I’m ecstatic and Ican’t wait to hear the sto-ries people have to tellabout this building, so wecan share them with oth-ers.”


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parks, the golf courseand buildings andgrounds. Knochelmannsaid this change will al-low for more shared ser-vices among the depart-ments.

He also announcedtwo other staff additions:John Stanton will be-come director of exter-nal affairs, mostly over-seeing economic devel-opment initiatives andserving as city liaison,and Nick Hendrix will di-rect public works and thecounty fleet garage.

Among the other offi-cials who were sworn induring the event werethe three county com-missioners, Jon Draud,Joe Nienaber Jr. andBeth Sewell; Jailer TerryCarl; Sheriff Chuck Kor-zenborn; Property Valua-tion Administrator Dar-

lene Plummer; SurveyorJim Shumate; CountyClerk Gabrielle Summe;and County Attorney Sta-cey Tapke. Coroner Da-vid Suetholz was not ableto attend.

Magistrates MaryLou Blount, StephenHoffman and Katie Shu-mate were also sworn in,along with ConstablesDanny Cope, GregO’Gorman and MichaelMoffitt, and Conserva-tion District representa-tives Aliena Howard,Nancy Kloentrup andJames Kriessl.

Kentucky SupremeCourt Justice MichelleKeller administered theoaths, and Father RonaldKettler of Thomas MoreCollege provided the in-vocation. The evening’smaster of ceremonieswas former Judge-ex-cecutive Dick Murga-troyd.


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ELSMERE — After herhusband slipped and fellon an icy bridge last Janu-ary while on his way to abus stop – leading to astroke – Serena Owen de-cided she had to get busservice into Elsmere.

Owen said it wasn’t justher husband, Larry Owen,who’d make a half-hour ormore trek nearly everyday to catch the TANK buson Dixie Highway. She’dlearned of others who’dcrossed, and some who’dfallen, on the Garvey Ave-nue bridge last year dur-ing the long, icy winter, ontheir way to the bus stop.

“I witness the mile ormore hike our studentshave to make to schooleach day and I often shut-tle residents to and fromschool, to and from DixieHighway so they can ac-cess TANK services,”Owen said. “The bus ser-vice surrounds the city,but doesn’t come in ourcity.”

So Owen, an Elsmereresident and active leaderof the First Baptist Churchof Elsmere youth minis-try, began a mission to getbus service in her city.

She took her plea to res-urrect an old TANK busline, the Garvey Avenueroute, to Elsmere CityCouncil in April. She didn’tget the answer she wanted– at first.

TANK had no plans torevive the route, whichhad been out of service formore than 10 years. And

the city hadno controlover mak-ing it hap-pen.

Even so,Elsmereofficialsagreed tohelp figure

out what could be done.And Owen’s persis-

tence – along with a com-munity-wide push – endedup with new bus servicefor the area.

From Jan. 5 throughApril 17, TANK will have apilot bus line, Route 10,serving Elsmere and Er-langer. If there’s enoughdemand for the route, itcould become permanent.

“Serena brought thisup. She identified a need,”said Elsmere City Admin-istrator Alex Mattingly.“She definitely got the ballrolling.”

She also gathered, withseveral other residents,500 signatures from Elsm-ere and Erlanger folkswho wanted a bus line.

It took several months,several meetings and sev-eral community stake-holders to come up with asolution, because TANKnot only didn’t have a planfor the route but did nothave funding to test one.TANK General ManagerAndrew Aiello explainedthat before a pilot route iscreated, demand must beproven.

Aiello, Elsmere and Er-langer city officials, theErlanger-Elsmere SchoolDistrict superintendent,Kenton County Fiscal

Court deputy Judge-exec-utive Mark Kreimborgand Owen met diligently totry to resolve the issue.

The stakeholdersworked collaboratively,pitching in $28,000 thatwas needed to operate theroute as a pilot program.

“We chose to be in-volved because wethought some of our mid-dle and high school stu-dents may want to useTANK,” said Erlanger-Elsmere SuperintendentKathlyn Burkhardt. Be-yond that, she said, fam-ilies of students are likelyto benefit from the newtransportation.

Stops along the new lineinclude Lloyd MemorialHigh School, L’Oreal, aworkplace for many in thecities, the Kenton CountyPublic Library branch andthe Kroger in Erlanger.

Aiello said if ridershipis strong, TANK will con-sider more permanent op-tions for bus service in thearea.

Elsmere Mayor MartyLenhof is optimistic the pi-lot route will be a successand determined to ensurethat residents know aboutthe bus service.

“We have a lot of citi-zens that would prosperfrom having TANK back,”Lenhof said. “We will dowhatever we can to pro-mote it.”

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Tim Haders, art teacher andFine Arts chairman at Coving-ton Catholic High School, wasone of four teachers to receivethe 2014 Thomas More CollegeDiocesan Excellence in Teach-ing Award.

The award was presented toHaders by Most Rev. BishopRoger Foys, following the dio-cesan high school seniors Masson Sept. 10 at the Cathedral Bas-ilica of the Assumption, Coving-ton, to acknowledges teacherswithin the diocese who raise thebar of excellence in their class-rooms.

In his 30 years of teaching artat Covington Catholic, thou-sands of students credit Hadersfor encouraging and developingtheir artistic talents, with manypursuing art-related majorsand creative careers. Even stu-dents who did not take a Haders’art class count him as one of thefavorite teachers at CovingtonCatholic for his kind dispositionand involvement in Art Club,Christian Awakening retreats,the annual wiffle ball tourna-ment and Ultimate Frisbee tour-naments.

Graphic arts teacher CraigCleveland is a former student.He credits Haders with inspir-ing him to become a teacher andinfluencing his own teachingstyle. “Mr. Haders simplychanges lives for the better. I al-ways tell my students, you’llnever find a better art teacheranywhere, and no matter whatyou want to do with your career,make sure you take a Mr. Had-ers’ class while at CCH.”

Reflecting on his career,Haders noted, “Since starting atCCH, I have felt sincerelyblessed. Blessed with dedicatedand passionate students;blessed with fellow teacherswho love their profession andinspire each other; blessed withsupport from parents andthoughtful administrators. It isan honor to teach in an environ-ment rich in faith. The award iswonderful but it is truly evi-dence of all the amazing faithfulindividuals who have partici-pated in my life.”

Art teacherencouragesstudents tocolor outsidethe linesCov Cath teacherTim Hadersis recognized for excellence

THANKS TO JENNIFER K. ABDRABBO

Tim Haders of Covington Catholicreceived the 2014 Thomas MoreCollege Diocesan Excellence inTeaching Award.

FORT MITCHELL — Beech-wood Schools has adopted newmission and vision statementswith the assistance of the com-munity.

“I am very proud of this ef-fort,” Beechwood School BoardChair Melanie Stricker said. “Itwas great to see our stakehold-

ers work togeth-er to create vi-sion and missionproducts whichwill become theguiding princi-ple for districtdecisions in thefuture.”

The recentlyboard-approved

mission and vision statementsare as follows:

» Vision Statement: To in-spire students to embrace re-sponsibility, productivity andcompassion as citizens of aglobal community.

» Mission Statement: Toprovide innovative educationgrounded in tradition.

The idea for the updatecame about last February whenboard members and school of-ficials attended the annualKentucky School Board Asso-

ciations meet-ing in Louis-ville. Strickerand Superinten-dent Steve Hut-ton attended asession “Revis-iting Your Dis-trict’s Visionand Mission,”presented by

the Fort Thomas district. Theylearned about a process thatwould help achieve the boardgoal in a very unique way.

In April, a committee wasformed with representationfrom the following stakeholdergroups: the board and admini-stration, teachers and staff,parents, elementary and highschool students and communi-ty members.

Stakeholders heard ideasand words that described thedistrict and began draftingideas.

Susan Huff Schilling, aBeechwood graduate and par-ent who was part of the group,said it was “a privilege to workwith the leaders of the schooland community in movingBeechwood toward the futurewith a renewed vision to con-tinue the tradition of excel-lence we are all proud to be apart of.”

Hutton said this change inmission and vision was an im-portant undertaking.

“Beechwood Schools are al-ways in a continual improve-ment process,” the superinten-dent said. “For any organiza-

tion to continually thrive, it hadto be willing to examine its be-liefs and core values. I thinkthat is crucial to the success ofthe school district.

“We have to continually ex-amine the what, how and whyabout the things that we do as aschool district to help our stu-dents in their intellectual and

emotional development ontheir way to becoming produc-tive members of society.”

According to Hutton, havingadiverse group of stakeholdersto provide input was essentialto a successful task.

“These stakeholders will beimportant in helping theBeechwood Schools live up tothe revised mission and vi-sion,” he said. “The behaviorand actions of everyone associ-ated with the BeechwoodSchools has to demonstratethat the words and the valuesthat were developed by ourgroup of diverse stakeholdershave meaning.”

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Claire Gigliotti, a kindergarten student at Beechwood Schools, writes the number 100 on a piece of paper inteacher Jamie Gubish’s class. The students were celebrating the 100th day of school earlier this year.

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The exterior of Beechwood Schools complex.

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Brady, Palmer attendCampbellsville University

Esther Brady, of Independence, and Rex Palmer, ofMorning View, are two of more than 1,000 newstudents attending Campbellsville University for the2014 fall semester.

The school is a Kentucky-based Christian universitywith more than 3,600 students.

Klosinski receives master’sat Miami University

Jessica Klosinski, of Erlanger, graduated with amaster of arts in teaching in the biological sciencesfrom Miami University through Project Dragonfly andthe Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s AdvancedInquiry Program (AIP).

Since joining the master’s program in 2011, she hasconducted projects that have made a difference inthe Florence area, while working as a science teacherat Erpenbeck Elementary School.

The AIP, a groundbreaking graduate degree, isfocused on inquiry-driven learning and social change.It combines coursework at Cincinnati Zoo & BotanicalGarden and seven other U.S. partner institutions withcollaborative work in Dragonfly’s web-based learningcommunities.

Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people eachyear through inquiry-driven learning media, publicexhibits, and graduate programs worldwide. Since2004 Dragonfly’s Earth Expeditions program hasengaged more than 1,700 people in firsthand educa-tional and scientific research at critical conservation

field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas.Dragonfly is based in the department of Biology atMiami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Childress speaks at EKU commencementErica Childress, of Independence, was chosen to

represent her graduation class at Eastern KentuckyUniversity’s fall commencement on Dec. 13.

Childress, who received a master’s degree in publicadministration, addressed degree candidates fromthe Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Health Sciencesin the morning ceremony.

She spoke of the mentors in her own life and theneed to become mentors to others. Together, the twoEKU commencement ceremonies honored 1,424degree candidates.

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INDEPENDENCE — More than ayear ago, John Salyerssuddenly found himselfoutside his comfort zone.

He was at a health carecenter in Cameroon, Africa. Hehad traveled there on Rotarybusiness with the United Na-tions Foundation and congres-sional staff members.

Salyers had been participat-ing in polio immunization andwas observing HIV and mal-nutrition treatment at the cen-ter. He found himself standingbefore a 3-day-old baby, whowas HIV positive. He was askedto hold the child.

“I still feel awful about this,for a moment I hesitated,” hesaid. The stigmas associatedwith HIV crept through hismind. He felt uncomfortableand afraid. Recognizing hisignorance, he took the opportu-nity to leap out of his comfortzone and embraced the child.

“Oh, the smile on his face,”Salyers said. “That’s a life-changing experience. I thinksometimes we sit in our com-fortable places here in Ken-tucky or wherever we are andwe don’t realize what’s going onin other parts of the world.”

Resting at the kitchen table,glancing out the window of hisIndependence home, Salyersreflects upon his time in Africa– wondering about what’s goingon there now.

“I don’t know how much I didfor them while there, but theydid a lot for me,” he said.

Salyers recently returnedfrom a trip to Ethiopia, again onRotary business – polio immuni-zations and clean water pro-jects.

“Rotary is a good place tobe,” Salyers said.

Salyers joined the FlorenceRotary Club in 2005. He and hiswife, Connie, are Rotary Foun-dation Major Donors and mem-bers of the Rotary FoundationBequest Society. In 2006 and2007, he was named the Flor-ence club’s Rotarian of the Year.He currently serves on the PolioEradication Advocacy TaskForce for the United Nations forthe U.S. He is also district poliochairman and district governorfor District 6740, which in-cludes Northern Kentucky,Lexington, Somerset and east-ern Kentucky.

His utmost goal as a Rotarianis of course the Rotary Interna-tional motto: “Service aboveself.” This motto is lived outthrough the Rotary’s fulfillmentof the promise to wipe poliofrom the face of the earth. Thegoal, lofty, is expected to becomplete by 2018.

“A lot of blood, sweat andtears have been shed for thispromise,” Salyers said. “Polio isRotary’s No. 1 priority. Whenyou ask what’s next, we don’tknow. We don’t go to what’snext, we’re concentrated on

polio.”There are now only three

countries – Pakistan, Afghani-stan and Nigeria — that are notpolio free. These areas includesome of the most remote areasin the world. However, Salyersis not deterred. He believes thatRotarians will raise the $1.2billion it will cost to eradicatepolio by 2018.

Salyers’ passion for thecause, as well as his passion forpeople, are inspiring, accordingto Florence Rotary Club presi-dent Adam Howard.

Howard and Salyers havebeen friends for more than 10years. They met through theirwork with senators MitchMcConnell and Jim Bunning,respectively.

“Whether it’s advocating for

funding in Washington, D.C., orgiving a polio vaccine to a childin Africa, John is very passion-ate in whatever he pursues,”Howard said. “He channels thatpassion into his work as a Rotar-ian and humanitarian throughhis fundraising and personalwork on behalf of Rotary’s ef-fort to eradicate polio.”

Howard said Salyers hasmade the effort to eradicatepolio from an international fightto a “very personal” one.

“I get the feeling that I’mright there with him when hespeaks about his time in Africaproviding the vaccine to youngchildren,” Howard said. “As aRotarian, John has exemplifiedour motto of service above selfthrough the energy and enthusi-asm he has displayed when

organizing our regional effortsor inspiring other clubs intoaction. Each Rotarian strives tomake the world a little bettereach day, and John is one whostands above the rest throughhis personal dedication of ser-vice above self.”

Changing the world is some-thing that weighs heavily onSalyers’ mind. He has dedicatedhis life to service to others.From his involvement withvarious community causes tohis professional career as apolice officer in Erlanger, Sa-lyers has worked diligently tomake the world a better place.

“For me personally, I thinkScripture instructs us to be thatway,” he said. “At my church,Lakeside Christian, our missionis to love Jesus and love like

Jesus. It’s hard to say you loveJesus if you don’t love like Je-sus.”

Salyers said he has a heartand understanding for thosewho are downtrodden becausegrowing up he was “reallypoor.”

“I don’t just say that,” hesaid. “I ate a lot of pinto beansand fried potatoes as a child.However, I also understand thatit’s sometimes tougher on theone who carries the groceries tothe household that needs foodon Thanksgiving than those whoare inside needing the food. It’sso important to extend yourselfand to be uncomfortable. Weneed to be uncomfortable.”

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015


FRIDAY, JAN. 9Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Through selection of imagestaken by local photojournalistsworking for The Kentucky Post,The Kentucky Enquirer and theAssociated Press, premiereexhibit celebrates NorthernKentucky life and culture duringwinter season and commem-orates those who have dedicatedtheir careers to capturing com-munity’s memorable moments.$7, $6 seniors, $4 ages 3-17, freefor members. Presented byFotoFocus. 491-4003; www.foto-focuscincinnati.org. Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Clay Street Press: CincinnatiPortfolio I-IV and Over Time:John Lanzador, William Messer,David Parks. Free. Through Feb.7. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.Through March 30. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features Lionel trains andPlasticville. More than 250 feetof track. Patrons welcome tooperate more than 30 accessoriesfrom buttons on layout. ThroughJan. 18. Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, All skilllevels welcome. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluegrassRussell Moore and IIIrd TymeOut, 7-10 p.m., Turfway Park,7500 Turfway Road, $25, $20advance. Presented by AmericanRoots Bluegrass Series. 992-5775;www.wobofm.com. Florence.

Music - FolkAdam Klein, 9:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Lounge. Georgia-basedsinger/songwriter. Free. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,World’s greatest love story takesto the streets in a landmarkBroadway musical that is one ofmodern theater’s finest ac-complishments. $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

SATURDAY, JAN. 10Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

CivicChristmas Tree Recycling,midnight Bring tree any timebefore 8 a.m. Saturday., String-town Park, Ky. 18 and KathrynDrive, Florence residents maybring trees for mulching. Pre-sented by City of Florence.647-5416; www.florence-ky.gov.Florence.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5

p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., Southgate VFW,6 Electric Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186. 441-9857. South-gate.

Literary - LibrariesDiscover Wild Animals withCincinnati Zoo, 11 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6-8 p.m.Music by “Cherish the Blue”(experimental folk)., VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Fresh baked goods, dessertsand coffee available. Free.Presented by Velocity Bike &Bean. 371-8356; www.velocitybb-.com. Florence.

Music - Classic RockDoc Savage, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30a.m., Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 Donner-meyer Drive, Free. 431-3455.Bellevue.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.Through Dec. 26. 282-1652.Erlanger.

SUNDAY, JAN. 11Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 seniors, $4 ages 3-17, freefor members. 491-4003; www.fo-tofocuscincinnati.org. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages 60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. Wednes-day Grandparent’s Day: onegrandchild admitted free withpaying grandparent. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Covington.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and $4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 491-6659. Covington.

Literary - LibrariesExperience the Saxophonewith James Bunte, 2 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationBingo, 5 p.m., Southgate VFW, 6Electric Ave., Early games start at6 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m.Free. Presented by VFW Post3186. Through Jan. 25. 441-9857.Southgate.

MONDAY, JAN. 12Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Literary - LibrariesMicrosoft Word II, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn to createa resume, flyer and more. Musthave previously taken Microsoft

Word I. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Knitor crochet in relaxed, friendlycompany. Learn for first time orpick up new tricks. 342-2665.Florence.

Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 334-2117. Union.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Hebron.

Young at Art, 1:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Painting classjust for senior citizens. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Hook and Needle: Crochet aBasic Scarf, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn how tocrochet your own scarf. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Ages 18 months and under withadult. Free. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers invited toparticipate. Free. 491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.

TUESDAY, JAN. 13Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,

Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, Free. Reser-vations required. Presented byCity of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.

Writers Group, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork, get feedback, encourage-ment and perhaps even in-spiration to write your master-piece. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Chapter and Verse, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, 342-2665. Union.

Metal Embossing, 7 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, See samples and demos,receive instructions and thencreate your own embossing,using paint to accent your origi-nal design. $5. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Florence.

DIY: One Night, One Project -Cups ‘n’ Cocoa, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Design and decorateyour own mug, and create yourown personal recipe for hotchocolate. Free. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irish music.Free. 491-6659; mollymalonesir-ishpub.com. Covington.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas,85 N. Grand Ave., Floor A, BoardRoom. Weekly 12-step programfor people who have problemwith eating/food. Free. Present-ed by Overeaters Anonymous.496-1477; www.oa.org. FortThomas.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


EducationiSPACE Girl Scout Brownies:LEGO WeDo Robotics, 6-8 p.m.,Girl Scouts Office, 607 WatsonRoad, Safari full of LEGO modelsthat come to life when studentsprogram them on computer.Ages 2-3. $12. Registrationrequired. Presented by iSPACE.513-612-5786; www.ispacescien-ce.org. Erlanger.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 5:10-6 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edge-wood Jazzercise Center, $38 forunlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Resistance Band ExerciseClass, 7-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, With instructor Dan Ryan.Combination of strength, endur-ance and flexibility work usingresistance bands adaptable toany strength and skill level. Ages10-99. $40. Reservations re-quired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.eg-dewoodky.gov. Edgewood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox Bar and Grill,635 Donaldson Hwy, Free. Pre-sented by Peecox. 342-7000;www.peecox.com. Erlanger.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15-4:45 p.m., Flor-ence Branch Library, 7425 U.S.42, Gaming, Internet, snacks andmore. Teens. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Flor-ence.

Young @ Heart Book Group, 6p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Yu-gi-oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Playwith other local players. Bringyour own deck. No trading.English cards only. 342-2665.Union.

Sensory Storytime (all ages),6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Storytime with adjustments forsensory sensitivity and specialneeds. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Chess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels are invited toplay. 342-2665. Florence.

Get to Know Your iPad, 10 a.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Learn more aboutsearching for and installing apps,working with photos and othertricks. Free. Registration re-quired. 342-2665. Union.

Piecemakers, 1:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Learn basics or shareexpertise in quilting. Free. 342-2665. Hebron.

Movie Lovers Book Club, 6:30p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Snacks provided.Registration encouraged. Free.342-2665. Union.

Spanish Conversation Group, 6p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Union.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Works from renowned artist.Free. Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. Through Feb. 5. 344-3309; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

Art OpeningsAnthony Becker Art ExhibitOpening, 3-4 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Discussion on artwork and artforms. Exhibit continues throughFeb. 5. Free. Presented by Thom-as More College. 344-3309;www.thomasmore.edu. Crest-view Hills.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Zumba Fitness, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Independence Senior and Com-munity Center, 2001 Jack WoodsDrive, $30 six-week session, $7drop in. Registration required.356-6264; www.cityofindepen-dence.org. Independence.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, Free.Reservations required. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox II, 12200 Madi-son Pike, Free. 356-1440;www.peecox.com. Independ-ence.

Literary - Book ClubsAmerican Girl Book Club, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Reservations required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesComputer & Internet Basics, 1p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Learn how to usecomputer and surf Internet.Learn about parts of computersystem, how to get online andget to websites, how to usesearch engines and performkeyword searching and how toset up and use an email account.Registration required. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Bridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 342-2665. Union.

Chick Picks, 10 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Pizza and Pages, 3:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Eat pizza and talk aboutbooks you’ve been reading.342-2665. Hebron.

Yoga, 6:15 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Suitable forall levels. $25 per month. 342-2665. Union.

Threading Thursday, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Bring crocheting, knit-ting, sewing or cross-stitchprojects and work among otherthread-loving friends. Free.Registration required. 342-2665.Union.

Piatt Family of Boone County,7 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Ron Buckley discusses his con-tinuing archaeological explora-tion and research of Piatt’sLanding. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

FRIDAY, JAN. 16Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,Free. 344-3309; www.thomasmo-re.edu. Crestview Hills.

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Florence residents can bring their Christmas trees for mulchingbefore 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Stringtown Park, Ky. 18and Kathryn Drive, Florence; at the Farmers Market on Ky. 18and Camp Ernst; at Ryle High School behind the stadium; atWalton Park near the back ball field; and at Old Flicks parkinglot at Tanner's Station on North Bend and Tanners. For moreinformation, call 647-5416, or visit www.florence-ky.gov.

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Who knew my familywould be such a trend-setter for the New Year?Food trends are all overthe board, and today I’mtalking about a few ofthem.

Mediterranean diet.Hummus, falafel and

Zaatarseasoningon flatbread.Heck,that’s notrend atour house,that’s din-ner. (Ma-son read-ers MaryLou and

Joe Zarick make tradi-tional flat bread at homeevery week).

Edible petals as aningredient. One of myfood magazines has cook-ies with edible rose pealson the cover. I’m waybeyond that with usingboth wild and cultivatededible flowers in cookingand preserving.

Fruit and veggiecleanses. My answer tothat is a drink I learnedfrom Susan Parker, pro-prietor of Susan’s Natu-ral World in Cincinnati,eons ago: the juice of alemon in a glass of water.It acts as a natural livercleanser and immunebooster and turns alka-line in the body. Drinkfirst thing in the morn-ing.

Root to stalk. Remem-ber “tail to snout” reci-pes? Look for “root tostalk” recipes, like pick-ling leaves of radishes,or using stems of herbs

as a savory base to roastmeats. Again, what’s oldis new. Friend and amaz-ing Italian cook RitaMacEachen of Madeirahas always frozen herparsley stems for sea-soning.

Ramen noodles areback again. In both soupsand salads. (Not the sea-soning packet, just noo-dles).

Anything fermented ishuge. Kimchee and sau-erkraut head the list.Good for digestive sys-tem and in helping pre-vent some cancers. SoLaszlo Molnar’s stuffedcabbage rolls are just thekind of food to start theNew Year right.

Laszlo’s Iron Skilletstuffed cabbagerolls

There are few ethnicrestaurants that havebeen family owned forgenerations. I applaudthem all, including Las-zlo’s Iron Skillet in New-town,. Some of you willrecall the devastatingfire of the original res-taurant on Valley Avenuein Newtown back in 2013.Since then, Laszlo Mol-nar and his sister, Mon-ica Lippmeier, have relo-cated, at least for now, onMain Street in Newton.

Laszlo’s skill in cook-ing Hungarian and Ger-man cuisines comes fromgenerations before him.Laszlo is generous insharing recipes, like oneof my favorites, stuffedcabbage that Laszlomade on my cable show.His stuffed cabbage rolls

contain ingredients in-digenous to German andHungarian food. This isone of my most request-ed restaurant recipes. Ifyou’d like to enjoy it orhis many other authenticdishes at the restaurant,check out the Iron Skilletat laszlosironskillet.comor call 513-271-4766.

Filling1 small head green

cabbage1/2 pound of ground

pork1 pound of ground

beef, not lean (70/30 or80/20)

1 teaspoon caraway1 tablespoon salt1-1/2 teaspoons black

pepper1/4 cup uncooked long

grain rice2 cloves garlic,

minced1/4 cup onion, minced2 eggs29 oz. tomato sauce

15 oz. sauerkrautBoil salted water

(enough to cover head ofcabbage), core cabbageand lightly blanch, letcool.

Mix pork, beef, and allingredients, except toma-to sauce and sauerkraut,until well combined andchill, until ready for use.Take blanched head ofcabbage and removeleaves, cut out vein.

Fill cabbage leaf ac-

cording to leaf size withfilling, roll and tucktightly.

SauceLeftover cooked cab-

bage pieces, choppedStir together:29 oz. tomato sauce1/4 cup sugarSalt to tastePinch of carawayCookingPlace cabbage rolls in

pan, seam side down,alternating layers. Takeleft over cabbage piecesand put in pan along withsauce. Gently pour waterover to cover. Cook forone hour. Remove rolls tocool. Put all liquid intocontainer and chill, dis-card fat layer, return tosaucepan, boil, thickenwith cornstarch, and addsauerkraut (optional).

Readers want toknow: What is kefir?

Similar to yogurt intaste, this fermenteddairy drink is like athick, protein-packedsmoothie. The completeproteins in kefir areeasily digested, so ifyou’re lactose intolerant,you probably can drinkit. Kefir has gut-friendlybacteria and helps theimmune system, balancedigestion, and lowercholesterol. A bonus: itcontains vitamin D andcalcium.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Make Laszlo’s stuffed cabbage rolls

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Cabbage rolls, containing ingredients indigenous to German and Hungarian food, are madefrom the recipe of Laszlo Molnar, owner of Laszlo's Iron Skillet in Newtown,


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The holiday season bringsabout many reasons for kids tosmile, from opening gifts toholiday light displays to con-certs. Kids’ oral health and theholidays are even memori-alized in the song “All I Wantfor Christmas is My Two FrontTeeth.”

But many children in North-ern Kentucky don’t have per-fect smiles this holiday season.One in five preschoolersscreened by the health depart-ment’s oral health programhave tooth decay, and the num-ber jumps to half of second-graders.

Gov. Steve Beshear hasmade children’s oral health apriority. His KY Health Nowinitiative includes a goal to

reduce thepercentage ofchildren withuntreateddental decayby 25 percentby 2019.

Locally, theHealthySmiles for ourKids coalitionhas made it apriority to

improve oral health amongNorthern Kentucky children.Members of the group includethe Health Department,HealthPoint Family Care andChildren Inc.

Exposure to fluoride is aproven way to protect babyteeth and reduce the risk of

future decay. Fluoride treat-ments strengthen tooth enameland prevent cavities.

While most children nowdrink fluoridated water, thatamount is not enough. Kidsalso need regular fluoridetreatments, which can helpprevent cavities by about 80percent. Fluoride varnish canbe applied two to four times ayear or more frequently if thechild is at risk for decay.

The health department isworking to increase fluoridevarnishing for children inpreschool and kindergarten.With support from the UnitedWay, Interact for Health andOral Health America, theschool-based varnish programexpanded this school year,

seeing kids in 32 local schools.In the 2013-2014 school year,

the varnish program saw 1,700kids. In the first three monthsof this year, health departmenthygienists have varnished theteeth of more than 800 schoolkids.

The health department’sprogram focuses on at-riskpopulations, going in to schoolswhere a high percentage ofchildren are eligible for freeand reduced lunch, and is notintended to replace regulardental visits. Every childshould have a dental home, andeven preschoolers should reg-ularly visit a dentist.

Children with KentuckyMedicaid have dental coverage

– it’s important to make surethat parents use it. Familieswith private dental insuranceshould also take advantage ofcoverage for preventativecare, including fluoride.

Poor oral health can lead tolow self esteem, lost schooldays, pain, and in the worstcase, death. But it doesn’t haveto be that way: With the rightpreventive dental care andongoing dental visits, a child’ssmile can continue to be anexpression of joy, and not asource of embarrassment orpain.

Dr. Lynne M. Saddler is districtdirector of health of the NorthernKentucky Health Department

Protect baby teeth and prevent decay with fluoride treatments

Dr. Lynne M. SaddlerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As of Jan. 1, 2015, manycancer patients in Kentuckywill benefit from a new law tolimit patient costs for oralanticancer medications thatwas passed in the 2014 Gener-al Session as a part of SB 126.

Intravenous (IV)/infusedcancer medications are typi-cally covered under a healthplan’s medical benefit withpatients responsible for anominal co-payment for eachtreatment.

As a newer form of therapy,orally administered cancerdrugs benefit patients buthave often come with the high-est out-of-pocket cost, requir-ing patients to pay a coinsur-ance – or a percentage of theoverall total cost of the medi-cation. The percentage ofcoinsurance can often equalthousands of dollars eachmonth; a price tag that re-stricts access to life-savingoral anticancer therapies foruntold numbers of cancerpatients.

Kentucky’snew bill,which passedafter a pas-sionate andheartfelt cam-paign by can-cer patientsand their ad-vocates – in-cluding theKentuckyPharmacists

Association – requires healthinsurance companies tocharge patients no more than$100 out-of-pocket for a 30-daysupply of orally administeredcancer medications.

The law does not requirehealth plans to cover a newservice and only impacts thosethat currently list chemo-therapy as a covered benefit.The state law impacts resi-dents covered by a privatecommercial health plan. Ken-tucky now joins 33 otherstates and the District of Co-lumbia in enacting similar

legislation.Why is this legislation im-

portant and why is it needed?That story is told in the wordsof cancer survivor Pam An-derson who writes: “I wasdiagnosed with multiple my-eloma, one of the blood can-cers, in the late winter of 2008.This was quite a shock to meas I had always been veryhealthy and all of a sudden Iwas dealing with a cancer thathas no cure. Fortunately forme, there are a number ofeffective treatments anddrugs that have been devel-oped in recent years. I havebeen able to manage the can-cer and live a somewhat nor-mal life these past almostseven years.

“Just to add a little aboutmultiple myeloma, each yearapproximately 20,000 Amer-icans are diagnosed with my-eloma. It is a relapsing andremitting disease so those ofus who have myeloma willmost likely have to use most

of the approved treatmentsincluding IV, injections, andoral chemo drugs and combi-nations of IV and oral drugs.So it is imperative that wehave access to all treatmentsequally.

“I was most surprised whenI learned that the oral chemo(Revlimid) I was to take is onthe pharmacy side of my in-surance plan, whereas the IVchemo I had been taking wason the medical side of myinsurance plan. The issue wasthat the IV chemo on the med-ical side is reimbursed with asmall co-pay whereas the oralchemo on the pharmacy side isclassified as a Tier 4 drug andthe co-pays can be significant(for example, a month’s supplyof the oral Tier 4 chemo cancost about $6,500 and with a 25percent co-pay that is $1,625.)

“I immediately becameaware that there was quite adisparity for patients betweenthe cost of IV and InjectedChemo versus Oral Chemo

and I decided to support theefforts of various groups in-cluding the Leukemia andLymphoma Society, the Inter-national Myeloma Foundationand the Kentucky PharmacistsAssociation, to achieve legisla-tion in Kentucky that wouldachieve chemotherapy parityfor all cancer patients. I wasvery glad to be able to be apart of the effort which led toKentucky’s passage of ChemoDrug Parity legislation in thespring of 2014.”

The basic tenet is that allcancer patients have access toall treatments equally, An-derson notes.

We want to thank the legis-lature, Governor Beshear,health plans and this newspa-per for helping those strug-gling with cancer to know thatadditional therapies are nowavailable to assist with theirtreatments as of Jan. 1.

Bob Oakley is president of the Ken-tucky Pharmacists Association.

Fairness act expands access to cancer therapies

BobOakleyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

In response to Bill Whelan’smost significant event of 2014(Chatroom, Jan. 1): The peoplehave voted. We don’t agreewith you. Frankly, I am tiredof the same old rhetoric. Per-haps we should just ignore it.However, here it goes.

The Bush years are notcommonly referred to as “thelost decade.” Anything Bushever did while president wasfar better than the present.President and Mrs. Bushshowed us courage and gracein the months after we had adevastating attack on U.S.soil.

Obama has failed on prom-ise after promise. Something,almost daily, seems to showObama’s intent on whittlingthis country down a littlemore. How can anyone bethankful that the majority ofpeople in this country aresuffering?

Now I cannot justify buy-ing a roast for $35. Most of myworking friends are in thesame boat. Our economyhangs by a fragile thread,despite number jiggling.

Health care, with the veryhigh deductibles, is a joke.Our military has been cut somuch –our enemies know weare weak. The whole world is

laughing at us!Researchonline. TheU.S.A. is notearning morerespect, dearman.

You placethe blame onthe wealthy.Why doesObama givefederal money

to his buddy corporations (ourtax money, but now just bor-rowed money that will keepgenerations in debt)? The“rich” who worked hard fortheir money, maybe earned itafter immigrating here, havehistorically been the ones whocreated more jobs for the restof us.

The rich are not the enemy.From looking at the net worthof a lot of political leadersnow, we might actually won-der why they are becomingthe new “rich.” Perhaps someof the rich are the ones keep-ing us in debt, as they fly offon luxurious vacations, livingit up off of our taxes.

Gasoline prices are comingdown for now, but it’s not Oba-ma’s doing. He said that hewanted gasoline and otherenergy to go drastically high

so we’d stop using so much.The Man upstairs is the onewho blesses this country andgave us some relief, in spite ofthe agenda.

“...only imagine how muchmore could have been ac-complished if Congress hadcollaborated”? He told Con-gress the Dems were incharge. He didn’t have towork with them. And hedoesn’t listen to the people.Did we get to vote on Obama-care?

Obama got almost every-thing he wanted, effectivelyunchallenged. It’s been frus-trating to the American peo-ple watching this kind of con-trol over our country.

Our very rights as citizensof this country are being rap-idly eroded. Just for speakingor printing this, for the firsttime in this great country, wehave to fear that we are on agovernment watch list. Thispresident has thin skin and nosense of humor. Fear Godrather than man. Mr.Whelan –yes, let us pray. If we pray,God will have mercy on us.Yes, God, please do blessAmerica.

Carolyn Prater is a Florence resi-dent.

Obama has failed on promise after promise

CarolynPraterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 1 questionWhat are you most looking

forward to, or what do youexpect or hope to see happen,in 2015?

“I hope to see a return ofrespect for one another, andtolerance of those with dif-ferent points of view. Itwould be a nice to see a re-surgence of respect forauthority and genuine con-cern for our community.”

Don Volland

“2015 is going to be theyear of giving. I have al-ready seen so many randomacts of kindness in this firstweek of the new year, I takeit as a good indication ofthings to come.”

Nora Turner

“With the apparent dis-sension among the MiddleEast OPEC nations and theirprice fixing I look forwardto cheap gas in 2015. Simul-taneously the U.S. has vastshale oil reserves. The newCongress will pass the go-ahead for the KeystonePipeline to move this U.S.and Canadian oil to refin-

eries safer than trains.Cheaper gas will spur theeconomy. Now what poli-tician(s) will take credit forOPEC’s possible demise? Gofigure”

T.D.T.

“To boldly steal a phrasefrom the Miss America pag-eant: world peace. It willnever happen, unfortunate-ly, but it is a good goal forwhich to strive. Peace with-in the borders of the U.S.A.is perhaps slightly moreattainable, but yet a distantstretch. If not nationally, wecould certainly work towardpeace locally.”

M. J. F.

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky

COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

Congratulations to the2014-2015 fall sports AllStars. In 2014-2015 school

year, we’re taking a differenttact at recognizing student ath-letes in the Community Press &Recorder, replacing Sports-man and Sportswoman of theYear. Each season we’ll nameAll Stars for each sport, manypicked for statistical reasons,all-city team rankings, etc.

Some of these names - plussome wild cards - will be placedon a ballot in June (along withthe All Stars from winter andspring) for the 2014-2015 maleand female All Stars of theYear. Readers will be able tovote for these 2014-2015 AllStars in late June or early Julyon Cincinnati.com. The wildcards will be limited to seniorsof significant individual athlet-ic achievement. Please noteThe Community Press’s sisterpaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer,has its own fall sports All Starsand will have a similar votenext summer.

The daily and weekly highschool sports staff, as well asour fall sponsor, Tri-Health, areproud to acknowledge the hardwork and dedication of theseathletes and their coaches.

Boys golfPaul Huber of Covington

Catholic: Huber, a senior, wasnamed Kentucky Golf CoachesAssociation Region 7 player ofthe year. He was the area’s topscorer at the state tournament,tying for eighth with 2-under-par 146, eight shots out of first.His was fifth at 1-under 71 thefirst day. He tied for fifth at theRegion 7 tournament. Finished12th in the state points racewith 535 points, earning all-state second-team selection.Was picked to participate in theseason-ending Senior All-StarTournament, placing fifth witheven-par 72. The reigningNorthern Kentucky Men's Am-ateur champion, Huber hassigned to play at the Universityof Cincinnati.

Girls golfMegan Mauer of Dixie

Heights: The Dixie Heightssenior was Northern KentuckyAthletic Conference individualchampion this season by shoot-ing a 74 in the 18-hole tourna-ment. She tied for third in theRegion 6 tournament with a 77,one stroke behind the co-med-alists, and qualified for her sec-ond state tournament.

Amy Pugliano and Erin Dur-stock of Notre Dame: Pugliano,a junior, tied for low score atthe Region 6 tournament, los-ing medalist honors in a tie-breaker. Her career postsea-son-low 76, 12 shots better thanher average, enabled the Pan-das to win the region by fiveshots. Durstock, a junior, wasnext for NDA with 81 after be-ing the Pandas' lowest scorerduring the regular season. Dur-stock was the area's top statefinisher, tied for 26th. Puglianowas next, tied for 42nd.

Boys cross countryEric Baugh of Villa Madon-

na: Baugh, a senior, had thestate’s fastest 5-kilometerclocking, turning in a time of 15minutes, 21.78 seconds at theBluegrass Cross Country Invi-tational. He won his first ClassA regional individual champi-onship with a fourth consecu-tive top-5 finish. He was run-ner-up as a junior, fourth as afreshman. He was second atstate, for his third consecutivetop-six finish and fourthstraight in the top 12.

Girls cross country

Sam Hentz of St. Henry:Hentz, a senior, had the state'ssixth-fastest 5-kilometer time(19 minutes, 22.90 seconds).She won the Class A regional in-dividual championship for the

third in a row with her fourthconsecutive top-four finish,and was regional co-runner ofthe year. She placed fifth at thestate meet, best among localgirls, and was one of three girls'Kentucky National Guard Bestand Brightest Award winners.

It was her third top-11 state fin-ish; she was fourth last year.Hentz has won nine state cham-pionships in cross country andtrack, including seven teamcrowns and two track relay ti-tles. A three-time NorthernKentucky Cross Country

Coaches Association first-teampick, she helped the Crusadersrepeat as conference, regionaland state champions.

FootballOffensive player of the year

– Drew Moore of Dixie Heights:The senior quarterback had aphenomenal season in leadingthe Colonels to a 13-2 recordand finishing as state runner-up in Class 5A. Moore rushedfor 1,921 yards and 29 touch-downs, averaging nearly 11

yards per at-tempt. In the air,he threw for1,469 yards and11 scores. TheColonels aver-aged 35 pointsper game andscored at least24 in each of

their 13 wins. Moore was a firstteam all-region pick by thecoaches association and a “Top26” honoree.

Defensive player of the year– Brett Slusher of Beechwood:The junior linebacker wasfirst-team all-Northern Ken-tucky on defense. He was votedthe top linebacker in the localClass 1A district. He led a de-fense that allowed 15 points pergame, but only 8.4 per contestin the team’s 11 wins. Beech-wood posted three shutoutsthis season, two in the playoffs.Slusher was also a key weaponon offense, named second teamall-Northern Kentucky as awide receiver.

Boys soccerParker Kenney of Covington

Catholic: Kenney, a senior, wasfirst team all-region by thecoaches association after lead-ing the Colonels to a 14-5-3 rec-ord and 35th District champi-onship. He was also namedfirst team all-state for the Eastside. Cov Cath lost in penaltykicks to St. Henry in the NinthRegion final. Kenney was sec-ond on the team with 10 goals toPatrick Ballow’s 14.

Andres Rivera of DixieHeights: The junior forwardwas named second team all-re-gion after scoring 20 goals thispast season, leading the Colo-nels to a 10-11-1 record. He hadthree goals on two separate oc-casions and two goals in fourdifferent games.

Girls soccerLauren Nemeroff of Dixie

Heights: Nemeroff, a seniorforward/midfielder, wasnamed Kentucky Miss Soccer,the highest individual honorbestowed by the KentuckyGirls Soccer Coaches Associa-tion. A two-time first-teamEast all-state honoree, two-time first-team all-region pickand two-time Ninth Region of-fensive player of the year herjunior and senior seasons. Re-corded a team-high 17 goalsand 11 assists for 60 percent ofthe team's scoring while lead-ing the Colonels to a 34th Dis-trict tournament runner-up fin-ish and Ninth Region tourna-ment berth. Last year’s co-player of the year, she hassigned to play soccer at theUniversity of Kentucky.

Mandy Arnzen of NDA: TheOhio University-bound seniorwas first team all-state on theEast side along with Nemeroffand was second behind her inthe all-region voting to pick upfirst team honors. She finishedwith 15 goals and nine assists tofinish second on the Pandas inboth categories. Arnzen led thePandas to a 20-5-1 record, re-peating as 35th District cham-pions and winning the Ninth

Introducing the 2014 fall All StarsBy James [email protected]

FILE PHOTO

Paul Huber was Region 7 player ofthe year and finished eighth in theKHSAA state tournament. He willplay for the Cincinnati Bearcats.

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Dixie senior Megan Mauer was NKAC individual champion in the fall.

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Villa Madonna senior Eric Baughfinished second in the Class 1A statemeet after claiming his first regionalchampionship.

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St. Henry senior Sam Hentz finishedfifth in 1A to lead the Crusaders tothe team championship in the 1Astate meet.


Amy Pugliano, left, joins her NotreDame teammate Erin Durstock atthe NKAC girls golf championshipsSept. 22 at Twin Oaks Plantation &Golf Club in Covington.

GARY LANDERS/THE ENQUIRER

Drew Moore accounted for 3,400yards total offense and 40touchdowns in leading DixieHeights to the Class 6A state final.

GARY LANDERS FOR THE COMMUNITY

RECORDER

Brett Slusher of Beechwood, left,was first team all-NorthernKentucky on defense and also adangerous weapon on offense forthe 1A state quarterfinalist Tigers.


Parker Kenney, right, was first teamall-region and led CovingtonCatholic to the Ninth Region final.


Dixie senior Lauren Nemeroff wasMiss Soccer for the state ofKentucky.


Notre Dame senior Mandy Arnzen (6) helped the Pandas to the statesemifinals and was first team all-Ninth Region. She will play for OhioUniversity.

Rivera

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Supplement» Holy Cross senior

Natalie Jehn led the Indi-ans at the Class 1A statecross country meet, fin-ishing 22nd overall. Sheearned all-state honorsand was first-team all-re-gion. She was inadvertent-ly left out of last week’sfall review package.

Wrestling» The NKAC meet was

Jan. 2. Team scores: Camp-bell County 193.5, Ryle 167,Simon Kenton 123, Cooper120.5, Scott 99, Newport87.5, Holmes 77, Dixie70.5, Conner 69, CovCath36, Boone 34.

CovCath: Joe Marinowas second at 285 andJake Lentsch fourth at 160.

Dixie: Joey Scaggs wassecond at 120, MatthewMunoz third at 170 and Ja-cob Peters third at 285.

Scott: Tony Ashfordwon 145 to remain unde-feated at 24-0. Cody Shultzwas second at 113.

Boys basketball» St. Henry lost to

Campbell County. Seniorforward Connor Kunstekscored a game-high 24points for the Crusaders.

» Beechwood beat Vil-la Madonna 57-39 Jan. 3. JTToebbe had 17 points forthe Tigers.

» Covington Catholicbeat Henry Clay 73-58 inthe Republic Bank Classic.Bo Schuh had 20 pointsand Cole VonHandorf 16.

» Dixie Heights (8-4)beat St. Henry (6-6) 55-49in a 34th District game Jan.2. Austin Schreck had 16points and Liam Rabe 13and Andrew Hedger 13.Rabe was named tourneyMVP at the Ashland Blaz-er tournament, where Dix-ie went 3-0.

» Jake Ohmer set aScott High School recordwith 51points in Scott’s 87-80 win over Stewarts’Creek (TN) Dec. 29 in theLloyd tourney. Ohmerbroke his own school-rec-ord of 42 points, set lastyear as a freshman.

Coach Brad Carr said itwas one of the best shoot-ing performances he’sseen during his 11 years ascoach, “we tend to be avery good shooting team,and honestly I had no ideaJake was scoring as muchas he was tonight.” He add-ed, “Jake is a tremendousshooter and great teamplayer, he added sevensteals in addition to thepoints tonight.” Scott fin-ished as tourney runner-up to Holmes.

Girls’ basketball» Beechwood beat

Fenwick 39-26 Dec. 29. Al-ly Johnsonscored a game-

high 19 points to leadBeechwood at the Miami-Middletown Holiday Tour-nament.

» Holy Cross beatBeechwood 59-34 in a dis-trict and conference gameJan. 3. Aleah Tucker ledwith 14 points.

» Lloyd beat Dayton60-25 Jan. 2 to improve to8-4. Danielle Cheatumhad 19 points. Lloyd beatSt. Patrick 67-16 Jan. 3.Freshman forward Sha-maya Behanan recordeda double-double for theJuggernauts, scoring 13points and grabbing 10 re-bounds. Seniors JordanGentry and KahliaThompson added 12 and10 respectively for Lloyd.

» Scott beat GallatinCounty 60-52 Dec. 29.Freshman guard AnnaClephane led the Eagleswith a team-high 19 pointsand 19 rebounds. Team-mate junior guard HollyKallmeyer chipped in 16points for Scott. Scott beatWilliamstown 69-57 thenext day behind 19 fromClephane and 17 from LexiStapleton.

Youthbaseball/softball

» The Crosstown Base-ball League was formedthree years ago to givechildren in Northern Ken-tucky a chance to playbaseball and has morethan 130 teams participat-ing. Children betweenages 5-18 are invited.There will be a coachesmeeting at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 14, in the cafete-ria at Blessed SacramentSchool in Fort Mitchell.Anyone interested incoaching is welcome to at-tend. Contact either DaveEpplen at 859-331-1177 orJohn Graszus at 859-431-1466.

» Tri-State Girls’ FastPitch Softball has 35teams for girls betweenthe ages of 5-14. A coachesmeeting will be 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 27, in thecafeteria at Blessed Sac-rament School in FortMitchell. Anyone interest-ed in coaching is welcometo attend. Contact eitherDave Epplen at 859-331-1177 or John Graszus at859-431-1466.

Newport history » Two Newport athlet-

ic jerseys will be retiredon Thursday, Jan. 8, be-tween the reserve and var-sity girls basketball gameagainst Brossart. Newportstar basketball player Eu-gene Britton Carter (No.31) and longtime Newportcoach Grady Brown (No.29) will have their jerseysretired.

Eugene is a 1964 New-port graduate who ledNewport to the state bas-ketball tournament in 1962

(Season record 24-7). Healso played football; rancross country; and rantrack for Newport HighSchool.

Coach Grady Brown,along with his brother,Ray, led the Newport base-ball program to a higherlevel during their coach-ing tenure - winning morethan 550 games betweenthem. Grady’s entire ca-reer was spent in Newportwith the highlight in 1982of a regional baseballchampionship and two re-gional runner-ups. New-port was a baseball power-house under coachBrown’s guidance.

» The Newport Wild-cat Hall of Fame 2015 in-ductees will be inductedon Saturday, Jan. 17, at thehome basketball game.The ceremony will takeplace between the reserveand varsity games againstPonitz Career TechnologyCenter.

Inductees are WilliamBonner (1971), EugeneBritton Carter (1964),Keith Green (1992), EdHuffman (1955), ThomasLaskey (1968), RichardLienhardt (1960), HenryHank Lowe (1963), LarryMiles (1962), Charles Pate(1962), Lester Pate (1963),Larry Redmond (1954),James Reed (1965), RogerRiedinger (1965), JoeStamm (1983), John War-ren (1968). Bill Maloney,football and basketballstat-keeper, will get theDistinguished ServiceAward. The 1954 boys bas-ketball team will be theteam of distinction.

Diving» Scott Eagle Dive

Classic Jan. 3.Boys Individuals: 1.

Louie Hunt (CovingtonCatholic) 558.50, 2. EvanBrungs (Covington Catho-lic) 460.55, 3. Dallas Cors-meier (St. Henry) 371.00,4. Gus Staubitz (HolyCross) 357.80, 5. OwenFinke (Holy Cross) 299.50,6. Sean Courtney (BooneCounty) 280.60, 7. ParkerDuell (Covington Catho-lic) 255.35, 8. TrevorBuescher (Holy Cross)248.75, 9. Jake Hoarston(Highlands) 208.35, 10. JoeCahill (Covington Catho-lic) 191.65.

Girls Individuals: 1.Carly Hill (Highlands)526.75, 2. Karly Crail (No-tre Dame) 427.30, 3. Lind-sey Fox (Scott) 406.20, 4.Flanary Patterson (Madi-son Southern) 394.65, 5.Caroline Schilling (Beech-wood) 382.10, 6. Abby Mil-ler (Beechwood) 355.80, 7.Abby Weyer (Highlands)329.60, 8. Francie Case(Notre Dame) 322.85, 9.Peyton Quinn (DixieHeights) 303.05, 10. EmmaLehmkuhl (Holy Cross)286.30.

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

JIM OWENS FOR THE RECORDER

Dixie Heights’ Austin Schreck starts a fast break Jan. 2 in Dixie’s 55-49 win at St. Henry.

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Sever-al former high school stand-outs were part of the Univer-sity of Cincinnati’s travelsquad as they participated inthe Military Bowl Dec. 27 atNavy-Marine Corps Memo-rial Stadium. The Bearcatslost to Virginia Tech 33-17,but several of the area’s fin-est will return for the 2015campaign.

Photos by Scott Springer/TheCommunity Press

Senior quarterback Michael Colosimo of Beechwood played in the Dec. 27 Military Bowl andhad a touchdown pass.

Salute to Bearcatsin Military Bowl

UC seniorcenterDominicMainello ofBeechwoodpausesduring theMilitary BowlDec. 27.

Region, the fourth con-secutive year the Pan-das have won a regionaltitle. NDA fell in thestate semifinals.

VolleyballAbby Thelen and

Morgan Hentz of NotreDame Academy: Hentz,a junior outside hitterand one of the top nation-al players in the Class of2016, led Notre Dame inkills and won over a doz-en individual honorswhile helping the Pan-das to a Ninth Regiontournament repeat andsecond consecutivestate runner-up finish.Selected Kentucky Vol-

leyball Coaches Associa-tion first-team all-stateand named to the statechampionship all-tour-nament team. A finalist

for prepvolleyball.comclass of 2016 nationalplayer of the year andDefensive Dandy honor-ee, Hentz was NorthernKentucky Girls Volley-ball Coaches Associa-tion first-team all-area,Kentucky VolleyballCoaches AssociationNinth Region player ofthe year, Ninth Regiontournament MVP, and35th District tourna-ment MVP. Thelen, asenior headed to play forDivision I Seton Hall,was named player of theyear in the NKAC andwas an all-tournamentpick for the state tourna-ment with Hentz. She av-eraged 15.25 kills in fourstate tournament match-es, including a team-high 22 against Mercy inthe state finals.

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NDA senior Abby Thelen ledthe Pandas to the state finaland was player of the yearin Division I in NorthernKentucky.

Gorillas win Ohio tourneyTHANKS TO RALPH G. WOLFF

The Kings Hammer Gorillas, U10select girls division champions ofthe Cincinnati United Soccer League,completed their undefeated seasonby winning an U10 crown at theForest Park Star Invitational in Ohio.Tournament competition includedteams from Ohio, Kentucky, andIndiana. The Gorillas played to theironly tie game to open thetournament, and then capturedthree hard-fought team-victories tocapture the tournamentchampionship. The final was a 4-3overtime win over the CincinnatiUnited Chelsea team. The Gorillas’roster includes Mariah Wolff, AshleyNordman, Taylor Diebold, SarahLegg, Ava Jacobs, Aleah Arlinghaus,Tara Neuhaus, and Grace Horn. Eachplayer on the team played a keyrole in winning the tournament. TheEdgewood-based team finished thefall season - their first with 10 winsand one tie. The Gorillas arecoached by Kevin Wolff and ScottMcLaughlin.

JANUARY 8, 2015 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • B3LIFE

The Home BuildersAssociation of NorthernKentucky presented itsannual awards at a cere-mony held on Dec. 4 atSummit Hills CountryClub in Edgewood.

“The recipients of ourannual awards are shiningexamples of service to ourindustry and are pillars inthe community,” said Bri-an Miller, executive vicepresident of the HomeBuilders Association ofNorthern Kentucky.

“This year’s awardwinners earned their ac-colades for various activ-ities within the associa-tion and throughout thecommunity. Advocacy,membership, and a histo-ry of community serviceand business profession-alism were several rea-sons those being recog-nized stood above thecrowd and were recog-nized by their industry,”he concluded.

Award recipientsDonald M. Wiedeman

Lifetime AchievementAward: Steve Kelly, KellyBrothers Lumber, for hislifetime support of his in-dustry, civic involvementin Northern Kentuckyand a longtime mentor tomany in construction in-dustry.

Builder of the Year:Mike Schoettelkotte ofthe The Drees Co. hon-ored for years of serviceto the industry throughadvocacy volunteerism.He has served for yearson the association LandDevelopment Council andState & Local Govern-ment Committee.

Associate of the Year:

Joe Kramer, Cardinal En-gineering, has represent-ed the organization forover a year as an activemember of an outstand-ing engineering workinggroup with the KentonCounty Planning Commis-sion’s Subdivision Regula-tions. Meeting two morn-ings a week for almost ayear, Kramer’s dedicationand drive were recog-nized.

Community Leader-ship Award: Jack andJean Miller have been ac-tively involved in the or-ganization for 35 years. Inthe community Jean Mil-ler is a current directorand past president of theTransit Authority ofNorthern Kentucky’Board of Directors and apast National Women’sCouncil of the National

Association of HomeBuilders Chairwoman.Jack Miller is past presi-dent of the Home BuildersAssociation of Kentuckyand past director of theDaniel Beard Boy ScoutCouncil’s Board of Direc-tors.

HBA MembershipAward: Tom Spille, SpilleBuilders & Developers,works to improve themembership of the associ-ation and to retain itsmembership.

The mission of theHome Builders Associa-tion of Northern Ken-tucky is to promote andenhance the integrity andvisibility of the construc-tion industry and themembers of the organiza-tion through advocacy,communication, educa-tion and political action.

Home builders present annual awardsCommunity Recorder

PROVIDED

2015 President Jason Yeagerof Ashley Construction, left,presented Steve Kelly ofKelly Brothers Lumber withthe Donald M. WiedemanLifetime AchievementAward. The award waspresented for Kelly’s lifetimesupport of his industry, hiscivic involvement in NorthernKentucky and his mentoringto many in the constructionindustry.

PROVIDED

Brian Jones, C.K. AshInsurance, left, presents the2014 Associate of the YearAward to Joe Kramer,Cardinal Engineering. Kramerhas represented the HomeBuilders Association ofNorthern Kentucky for over ayear as an active member ofan outstanding engineeringworking group with theKenton County PlanningCommission’s SubdivisionRegulations.


Laura ArmstrongLaura Evangeline Webster

Armstrong, 90, of Erlanger, diedDec. 27 at VillaSpring Care Centerin Erlanger.

Her husband, Clyde E. Arm-strong; and son, Kenneth Arm-strong, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsHarold Tom Armstrong and CecilWayne Armstrong; daughter,Wilma Midge Elmore; and 12grandchildren along with 24great-grandchildren.

Patrick BowlingPatrick Lee Bowling, 35, of

Cincinnati and formerly of Ken-ton County, died Dec. 28 atLiberty of Riverside in Cincinnati.

His father, Roy Bowling, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his mother,Shirley Bowling of Erlanger; andsister, Donna Miller of Newport.

Interment was at RichwoodCemetery.

Paul GeilPaul J. Geil, 96, of Fort Wright,

died Dec. 21.He was an avid sports fan who

enjoyed watching the CincinnatiReds and Bengals.

His wife, Veronica Geil; daugh-ter, Paula List; and grandson,Victor Geil, died previously.

Survivors include his children

Kenneth Geil, Kathleen Geil, JackGeil, Jim Geil, Patsy Morgan, andJerry Geil; and 11 grandchildren.

Memorials: St. AugustineSchool, 1839 Euclid Ave., Coving-ton, KY 41014.

Lindsey FergusonLindsey William Ferguson, 19,

of Morning View, died Dec. 24.He was a graduate of Simon

Kenton High School and a mem-ber of the high school’s FFA.

Survivors include his parents,George and Barbara WarrenFerguson; sisters Grace Fergusonand Paige Ottaway; brother,Kristopher Ferguson; grandpar-ents George Ferguson Sr., RitaGains, Jeff Warren, and NancyWarren.

Memorials: Simon Kenton FFA,11132 Madison Pike, Independ-ence, KY 41051.

Jack HopperJack O. Hopper, 84, of Inde-

pendence, died Dec. 28 at hishome.

He was a retired store man-ager for Zakem Brothers and alifetime member of Honey BeeBeagle Club, where he competedin beagle field trials. He enjoyedfishing, gardening, and was aproud two-time golden gloveboxing champion.

His wife, Marian Hopper, died

previously.Survivors include his daughters

Jackie Stone and Toni Prodoehl;sons Allen Hopper and DavidHopper; brother, Jim Hopper;and 12 grandchildren along withseven great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. Cecilia BuildingFund, 5313 Madison Pike, Inde-pendence, KY 41051.

Rev. Louis JasperRev. Louis Jasper, 90, died Dec.

26 at Rosedale Manor in Coving-ton.

Father Jasper was ordained tothe priesthood by Bishop WilliamT. Mulloy in 1951. He served theDiocese of Covington in manyways, including co-directing theCatholic Youth Organization;serving as faculty at St. Henry,Newport Catholic, and CovingtonCatholic High Schools; doingpastoral work at St. Henry, St.Francis, St. Agnes, and St. Ann;and ministering as chaplain atMadonna Manor.

His siblings, Clifford Jasper andMarguerite Mefford, died previ-ously.

Burial was at St. John TheEvangelist Cemetery in Carroll-ton.

Memorials: The Priests’ Retire-ment Fund, 1125 Madison Ave.,Covington, KY.

Marjorie KaiserMarjorie “Margie” L. Kaiser,

81, of Crestview Hills and for-merly of Taylor Mill, died Dec. 26at Hospice of St. Elizabeth inEdgewood.

She was a retired assistant tothe equal opportunity officer atthe IRS, former St. ElizabethHospital volunteer, and memberof St. Pius X Church in Edge-wood.

Her husband, Jack Kaiser, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Mary Wulfeck of CrestviewHills, Susan Vogelpohl of Erlang-er, and Sally Donovan of LakesidePark; son, Tom Kaiser of Cleve-land, Ohio; and seven grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. Mary’sCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Hospice of St.Elizabeth, 483 South Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Alois Lohmoeller Jr.Alois “Fred” Frederick Loh-

moeller Jr., 82, of Independence,died Dec. 22.

He was a retired mechanic andtransmission specialist at Ridge-view Lincoln Mercury. He ownedand operated Fred’s Super Shellon Ritte’s Corner in Latonia in the1960’s. He was an active memberof Staffordsburg United Method-ist Church and the miniaturerailroad Cinder Sniffers Club ofDover, Ind. He was also a memberof American Legion Moon Broth-ers Post No. 275 in Independence.He was a U.S. Army veteran, whoserved during the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife, SallyClare Lohmoeller; sons WayneLohmoeller and Bernard Loh-moeller; and four grandsonsalong with two great-grand-children.

Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.

Memorials: StaffordsburgUnited Methodist Church, 11815Staffordsburg Road, Independ-ence, KY 41051.

Danny LunsfordDanny Lunsford, 69, of Elsm-

ere, died Dec. 23 at St. ElizabethHospice in Edgewood.

He was a long-time machineoperator for Cincinnati Milacronand member of the Elsmere FireDepartment and Ralph FultonVFW Post 6423. He was a U.S.Army veteran, who served duringthe Vietnam War.

Her brothers Howard, Cole-man, Clyde, Orville, and BobbyLunsford, died previously.

Survivors include his son,Michael Lunsford of Silverton,Ohio; daughter, Vicki L. Danielsof Elsmere; sisters Rose Snodgrassof Elsmere and Barbara Stephensof Florence; and four grand-children.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-

stown.Memorials: Kentaboo Baptist

Church building fund.

Amanda MaxwellAmanda C. Maxwell, 27, of

Kenton County, died Dec. 28.Survivors include her parents,

Chris Maxwell and Vicki HillMaxwell; children Brooklyn andBrayden Louallen; siblings Devonand London Maxwell; and grand-parent, Memew Jackie Hill.

Memorials: Amanda MaxwellMemorial Fund at any Bank ofKentucky.

Audrey McCownAudrey McCown, 75, of Er-

langer, died Dec. 24.She was a homemaker.Her son, Danny McCown, died

previously.Survivors include her husband,

Daniel McCown; sons Johnny CoxJr. and Jerry Cox; daughtersDebora Cox, Kelli Bays, and KimCurtis; and 13 grandchildrenalong with 15 great-grand-children.

Emma MillsEmma Cole Mills, 91, of Inde-

pendence, died Dec. 21 at St.Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood.

She was a homemaker andmember of Hickory Grove BaptistChurch. She enjoyed sewing,cooking, baking, and attendingher Sunday school class.

Her sisters Alta Eagle andCleadie Mills; and brothersHomer, Herbert, Jimmy, andLowell Cole, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Ford Mills; daughters EileneWallace, Janice Knox, DebbieOwings, and Marcia Roland; sonsLarry, Steven, Phillip, and BradMills; sisters Marie Jordon, Gene-da Gray, Doris Favio, and JeanWithrow; brother, Farris Cole;and twenty grandchildren alongwith and twenty-two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road,Cincinnati, OH 45206; or Alz-heimer’s Association, 644 Linn St.,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Rosemary RedmondRosemary Fricke Redmond, 72,

of Sherman Oaks, California, andformerly of Covington, died Dec.17, in California. She was a gradu-ate of Holy Cross High School,Covington, and retired from abusiness management careerspecializing in payroll.

Her parents and brothersFather Robert Fricke, WilliamFricke, and James Fricke diedpreviously.

Survivors include her spouseJerome Redmond, ShermanOaks, California; son MichaelRedmond, Arlington, Virginia;daughter Melonie Esformes; fourgrandchildren, Stockton, Cali-fornia; brothers Ron Fricke, San

Francisco, Jerome Fricke, Golden,Colorado, and Thomas Fricke,Fort Wright; sisters Betty Schuler,Covington, Joyce Gray, Brandon,Mississippi, and Judy Reinersman,Fort Wright; and numerousnieces and nephews.

The memorial service is 11 a.m.Jan. 10, at St. Agnes Church, FortWright.

Memorials: Social ServicesFund, St. Charles Catholic Church,10800 Moorpark St, N. Holly-wood, CA 91602.

Sue RiddleSue Riddle, 75, of Independ-

ence, died Dec. 20 at her home.She was a homemaker, who

enjoyed reading and knitting.Survivors include her husband,

Albert Lee Riddle; sons GregRiddle and Doug Riddle; sistersDiane Bush and Wanda Clary;brothers Bill Robbins and Leon-ard Robbins Jr.; and a grandson.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Carolyn SchebenCarolyn Leah Nicholson Sche-

ben, 71, of Lakeside Park, diedDec. 29.

She worked as an executivesecretary at the former DuBoisChemical and also worked formany years in the fine chinadepartment at McAlpins.

Survivors include her husband,Donald L. Scheben; son, MatthewScheben of Delaware, Ohio;daughter, Jennifer Scheben ofTulsa, Oklahoma; and one grand-son.

Burial was at St. StephensCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: Passionist NunsMonastery, 1151 Donaldson Hwy,Erlanger, KY 41018.

Sr. Annita SchirmerSr. Annita Schirmer, OSB, 88, of

Villa Hills, died Dec. 20.She was a faithful member of

St. Walburg Monastery for morethan 68 years. She served as aregistered nurse at Santa FeHospital in La Junta, Col., St.Joseph Manor in Florence, Col.,Estill County Hospital in Irvine,Kent., and at St Walburg Monas-tery infirmary. In 1965 through1968, she served the AymaraIndians in Pomata, Peru.

Survivors include her sister,Margaret Coomer; brother, Bob;and members of St. WalburgMonastery.

Memorials: St. Walburg Mon-astery, 2500 Amsterdam Road,Villa Hills, KY 41017.

Joan SchulteJoan Claire Hils Schulte, 82, of

Lakeside Park, died Dec. 19.Her husband, William H.

Schulte; sons Christopher, David,and John Schulte; sisters EllenMay Goeke, Flora Schnorbus,Ann Welch, and Mary Rose Hils;and brothers Rev. Henry Hils andClement Hils, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenDr. William Schulte, Mary Moser,Katherine Schulte, Dr. MartinaSchulte, and Jude Schulte; sister,Joyce Blanchet; brothers JudeHils, M. David Hils, and MartinHils; and 10 children along with agreat-granddaughter.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: Be Concerned, 714Washington St., Covington, KY41011; or Welcome House, 205Pike St., Covington, KY 41011.

Charlotte SchwarteCharlotte A. Schwarte, 85, of

Villa Hills, died Dec. 22 at St.Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood.

She was a homemaker andavid golfer for many years.

Her daughter, PauletteDuennes, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Paul Schwarte; children DavidSchwarte of Arlington, Tex.,Michael Schwarte of Villa Hills,Mark Schwarte of Villa Hills, JeffSchwarte of Edgewood, andKathy Nelson of Green Bay, Wisc.;sister, Jackie Spendlove of New-port; and 10 grandchildren alongwith six great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Covington.

Memorials: Mother of GodCatholic Church, 119 W. 6th St.,Covington, KY 41011.

Renee SpradlinRenee Vera Spradlin, 54, of

Taylor Mill, died Dec. 24 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare in Edge-wood.

She was a member of VineyardChristian Church in Florence andthe 700 Club. She enjoyed cook-ing and baking.

Her father, Gerald Festa, died

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previously.Survivors include her hus-

band, Ronald Spradlin; sons KyleSpradlin, Justin Spradlin, andSeth Spradlin; mother, TonieLauritsen; sisters Karen Jolly,Annette Hanway, and MaryRose Tagliatella; and brothersGerald Festa and Richard Festa.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Allen ToddAllen B. Todd, 27, of Inde-

pendence, died Dec. 22.His brother, Roger Todd, died

previously.Survivors include his daugh-

ter, Madison Todd; parents, Tinaand Chris Meimann; brothersVincen Todd of Crittenden andDamon Lay of Independence;sister, Tasha Meimann of Inde-pendence; grandparents Sharonand Mike Weber of Independ-ence, Debbie and Jerry Mei-mann of Independence, andDoris and Richard Burton ofLoveland, Ohio.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: Allen Todd Memo-rial Fund, C/O any U.S. Banklocation.

Stanley VanlandinghamStanley Paul Vanlandingham,

84, of Kenton County, died Dec.22 at St. Elizabeth Hospice in

Edgewood.He was a retired truck driver

for Roadway Express and a U.S.Army veteran, who servedduring the Korean War. He wasa member of Lakeside ChristianChurch and Post 109 of theAmerican Legion.

His son, David Vanlanding-ham; and daughter, CandyWright, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Doris Price Vanlandingham;daughters Pamela Chell andPaula Haines; and three grand-children along with three great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Rd., Edge-wood, KY 41017.

Loffie VicarioLoffie “Nick” Vicario, 53, of

Erlanger, died Dec. 20.His father, Ralph Vicario Sr.,

died previously.Survivors include his mother,

Shirley Vicario; and brothersRalph Vicario Jr., Michael Vicar-io, and Gregory Vicario.

Jim VoorheesJim Voorhees, 43, of Ryland

Heights, died Dec. 23 at hishome.

He was a graduate of SimonKenton High School.

Survivors include his parents,Stan and Bernice Voorhees ofRyland Heights; daughter,Katrina Voorhees of Independ-ence; and sisters Kathy Voorheesof Delhi and Jenny Llambi ofIndependence.

Memorials: James Voorhees

Memorial Fund, C/O any FifthThird Bank.

Clifford WainscottClifford F. Wainscott, 71, of

Erlanger. died Dec. 17 at St.Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood.

He worked as a clerk at theIRS for 13 years until his recentretirement. He previously co-owned A-V Repair Shop inErlanger. He was an electronictechnician who enjoyed metaldetecting.

His twin brother, WilliamDouglas Wainscott, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his daugh-ter, Deborah J. Noel of Florence;and two grandsons.

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The Point / Arc ofNorthern Kentucky’s 44thAnnual JOY event on Dec.5 made the snowstormfrom last year a distantmemory.

As 600 guests sipped a“Frozen” cocktail, in hon-or of the evening’s theme,there were multiple funways to support the or-ganization’s mission whilebringing home “goodies”for Christmas – such as or-naments designed by ThePoint’s pre-vocational stu-dents, stuffed animals,bottles of wine with giftcertificates attached, du-vets and faux fur coats,and decorative wreaths.

The Northern Ken-tucky Convention Centerevent had a silent auctiontable for men, one withitems for women, a thirdthat had gifts everyonewould enjoy, and a luxurytable with unique and spe-cial items. The “partyroom” also offered severalraffle opportunities, high-lighted by Mercedes-Benzof Fort Mitchell’s, whichgave participants a chanceto guess the number of(acrylic) ice cubes con-tained in a beautiful whiteconvertible, the winnergetting use of a stylishconvertible this spring orsummer.

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program, a presentationwas made to The Elsa Hei-sel Sule Foundation. Dur-ing dinner everyone wasentertained by songs from“Frozen,” performed bythe Musical Art Center’sWe Duet All vocalists, theMusical Theatre TourTroupe at Northern Ken-tucky University, and ThePoint Choral Group in-cluding Point clients.

The live auction con-sisted of a luxury hot tub,jewelry, a Charlotte racepackage, and Universityof Kentucky basketballtickets. Celebrity auction-eers were Jeff Piecoro(auctioning a special Redsgame package), MikeWong (a dinner party for12 at Oriental Wok), TeddyKremer (an autographedand limited edition TeddyKremer baseball card),and Domata Peko (clubseats for the Bengals-Broncos Monday NightFootball game plus a gameball that Peko got signedby A.J. Green and AndyDalton).

“It truly was a wonder-ful night. For 44 years ThePoint has been blessed byindividuals and companyfriends that believe in ourmission and the people weserve,” said Judi Gerding,The Point’s president. “Af-ter we decided upon the‘Frozen’ event theme, Iwatched the movie withmy grandkids. After hav-ing the privilege to servepeople with intellectual/developmental disabilitiesfor 44 years, Olaf’s linereally does apply: ‘Love isputting someone else’sneeds before yours.’”

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The Erlanger LionsClub Health & WelfareCommittee had a busyholiday season overThanksgiving and Christ-mas.

One hundred familiesin the Erlanger-ElsmereSchool District were pro-vided with Thanksgivingand Christmas dinnersagain this year.

In addition, the com-mittee provided 100 tur-keys for Thanksgivingand Christmas for the Er-langer/Elsmere SeniorCitizens and gave theManna Mission from theErlanger United Method-

ist Church 12 turkeys toprovide dinner forThanksgiving for home-less and needy families.

At Thanksgiving theclub donated two turkeysto the American LegionPost 20 in Elsmere to helpfeed homeless militaryveterans and at Christ-mas donated three tur-keys with all the trim-mings to three familiessponsored by the Ameri-can Legion.

Lions club membersand relatives, Erlanger/Elsmere school personneland Erlanger/ Elsmerestudents helped put the

baskets together and sawthat they were distrib-uted. U-Haul in Erlangerdonated boxes and tape toput the food in.

In January the Erlang-er Lions will send out a$500 tuition check for thespring semester to eightErlanger Lloyd graduatesand eight St. Henry grad-uates to help with theircollege expenses.

The Lions organizationgives aid and assistancethanks to support of thosewho attend Friday nightbingo at the Erlanger Li-ons Clubhouse and fromother fundraisers.

Erlanger Lions feedmany over holidays

Vernon McIntyre,Larry Sparks joinWillis series

FLORENCE — Willis Mu-sic WoodSongs Coffee-house kicks off Jan. 17 atthe Willis Music Perform-ing Arts Center Mall, 7567Mall Road.

The series is presentedby the Northern Ken-tucky Bluegrass MusicAssociation and HeavensMark Productions Inc.

Admission is $10 or $8for members of the blue-grass music association.

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Newport CentralCatholic to hostannual stag

NEWPORT — The New-port Central CatholicHigh School Parent,Alumni, Booster Organi-zation will hold its annualStag 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Jan.18, in the school gymnasi-um, with the doors open-ing at 1 p.m.

The proceeds will ben-efit NCC athletics and ex-tracurricular activities.

The admission price of$25 will include beer, softdrinks, dinner and snacksand a chance to win anLED HDTV. There will befootball on the big screenTV, split-the-pot and otherraffles.

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event.

Watts is guestspeaker at Rotarymeeting

The director of ad-vancement for the SeniorServices of NorthernKentucky, Tricia Watts,will be the guest speakerat the Rotary Club of Ken-ton County’s luncheonmeeting on Thursday,Jan. 8.

The Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky as-sists seniors in eight coun-ties in Northern Kentuckywhich includes Boone,Campbell, Carroll, Galla-tin, Grant, Kenton, Owenand Pendleton counties.The mission of Senior Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky is to support the in-

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gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger. Therewill be limited seating byreservation only. To makea reservation, contact Ga-ry Harman at 859-393-4041. The cost to cover thelunch is $12 per person.

Hall of famefounder to addressRotary

H.B. Deatherage, foun-der of the Kentucky Vet-erans Hall of Fame, andboard of directors mem-ber Gary Griesser will beguest speakers at the Ro-tary Club of Kenton Coun-ty’s luncheon meeting onThursday, Jan. 15.

The veterans hall offame, organized as chari-table and educational,

honors Kentucky militaryveterans and educatesabout their accomplish-ments through the hall offame’s website,www.kyveterans.org.

The hall of fame holdsan annual banquet whereKentucky military veter-ans are inducted andawarded the “Hall ofFame Medallion” recog-nizing their military ser-vice.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger. Therewill be limited seating byreservation only. To makea reservation, contact Ga-ry Harman at 859-393-4041. The cost to cover thelunch is $12 per person.

dependence and dignityof older adults.

Additionally, the Sen-ior Services of NorthernKentucky’s programs in-clude Meals on Wheels,Congregate Meals, Emer-gency Meals, Transporta-tion to Wellness, Protec-tive and Information Ser-vices, a Seniors-OnlyFood Pantry, AniMeals onWheels (providing petfood and supplies for sen-iors’ furry friends) andSenior Center Manage-ment of ten Senior Cen-ters located in Walton,Carroll County, Warsaw,Williamstown, Elsmere,Covington, Ludlow, Fal-mouth, Owen County andFlorence.

The luncheon will be-

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COVINGTON — The cityof Covington has been atthe heart of NorthernKentucky for nearly 200years. For the first time,the stories of the people,places and events thathave made Covingtongreat will be featured in a200-plus page, illustrated,hardback book titled “Ga-teway City: Covington,Kentucky, 1815-2015.”

The book, commis-sioned by COV200 orga-nizers as part of the city ofCovington’s bicentennialcelebration, was co-editedby Dave Schroeder, histo-rian and executive direc-tor for the Kenton CountyPublic Library, and au-thors and Northern Ken-

tucky historians Dr.James Claypool and Dr.Paul A. Tenkotte. Morethan a dozen local authorsalso contributed to thebook.

“Gateway City: Co-vington, Kentucky, 1815-2015” highlights Coving-ton’s progression from aferry landing and tavernto the bustling city ofgrowth and innovationthat it is today. Filled withphotographs and illustra-tions, chapters highlightspecific aspects of howthe city developed and thepeople who lived there.

A limited quantity ofhardbound copies will beavailable for $45. In addi-tion, COV200 will offer a

leather-bound collector’sedition. Books are avail-able for pre-order atCOV200.com or by callingthe Center for GreatNeighborhoods at 859-547-5552.

A launch party is 1-3p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, atthe Kenton County PublicLibrary, CovingtonBranch, 502 Scott Blvd.Attendees can get theirbooks signed by the au-thors.

To learn more aboutthe Covington bicentenni-al, visit COV200.com, fol-low @Cov200 on Twitter,or visit the Cov200 Face-book page.

Authors will attend launch party for Covington bicentennial book

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